iPad Basics and Navigation Welcome to the world of Apple. Visit the Apple website to view or download the complete iPad User Guide. Basic navigation tips and techniques are featured in this document. Buttons Sleep/Awake Button The iPad Sleep/Wake button is the small, black button at the top right-hand corner of the iPad. It is one of the few hardware buttons on the iPad and is primarily used to put the iPad to sleep or to wake it up. Because it is used to put the iPad into a suspended mode, the Sleep/Wake button is sometimes referred to as the suspend button or the hold button.
In addition to putting the iPad to sleep or waking it up when you are ready to use it, the Sleep/Wake button is used to reboot the iPad by holding it down for several seconds. Once held down, the iPad will respond by requesting you to verify by sliding power off button across the screen. After the iPad has fully powered down, it can be turned back on by pressing the Sleep/Wake button again.
Home Button
Apple's design is to have as few buttons on the exterior of the iPad as possible, and one of the few buttons on the outside is the Home Button. This is the circular button at the bottom of the iPad with square in the middle. The Home Button is used to wake the iPad when it is sleeping. It is also used to exit out of applications, and if you have put the iPad into a special mode (such as the mode that allows you to move application icons), the home button is used to exit that mode. It will take you to the first page screen and if you double-click the home button, it will show a list of recently opened apps. To close those, simply swipe them to the top of the screen.
You can think of the Home Button as the "Go Home" button. Whether your iPad is sleeping or you are inside of an application, it will take you to the home screen.
Screen Shot You can take a picture of your screen by pressing the home button and the sleep/awake button simultaneously. Soft Reset There might be a time where the iPad is not functioning correctly and the soft reset will have to be used. If powering off and back on again does not fix an issue, try holding the sleep/awake button and the home button simultaneously for 10 seconds. This will reboot the iPad. This does not delete and apps or other information on the iPad. Volume Controls Volume Buttons Volume controls for the iPad are located on the side. Hold the down button to mute.
Mute/Screen Orientation Lock This switch can be set as a mute or to lock the screen from auto rotating. More information on how to do this can be found in the Settings manual.
iPad Navigation
Most navigation on the iPad is done with simple touch gestures, such as touching an icon to launch the application or swiping your finger left or right across the screen to move from one screen of icons to the next. These same gestures can do different things based on the application you are in, and usually, they have their roots in common sense.
For example, while swiping your finger across the screen will move you from one screen full of application icons when you are at the iPad’s home screen, the same gesture will move you from one page of a book to the next while in the iBooks application.
How to Create Folders and Organize iPad Apps
You can create a folder of icons or move an icon on the iPad screen. To do this, enter the “move state” by touching an iPad app and holding your finger down on it until the app icons are jiggling. Moving an App While in this state you can move an app around the screen by keeping your finger pressed down to the icon and moving your finger on the screen. You can place an app on another screen page by dragging the app icon to the edge of the screen. Creating a Folder While in the “move state” you can create a folder by ‘dropping’ an app on top of another app. Notice that when you move an application’s icon on top of another app, that app is highlighted by a square. This indicates that you can create a folder by lifting your finger, thereby dropping the icon on it. And you can put other icons in the folder by dragging them to the folder and dropping them in. When you create a folder, you will see a title bar with the name of the folder on it and all of the contents below it. If you want to rename the folder, simply touch the title area and type in a new name using the on-screen keyboard. (The iPad will try to give the folder a smart name based on the functionality of the apps you have combined.)
In the future, you can just tap the folder icon to get access to those apps. When you are in the folder and want to exit out of it, simply press the iPad home button. The home is used to exit out of whatever task you are currently doing on the iPad.
How to delete iPad Apps
You can delete an iPad app similar to how you would move the icon for an iPad app. First, tap and hold the icon until all of the icons on the screen are jiggling. When in this state, some of the icons will have a black circle at the top with an “x” in the middle.
Simply tap the “x” button to delete an app. The iPad will confirm your choice before the app is actually deleted.
Spotlight Search Spotlight Search is a fantastic tool you can use to search for anything stored on your device. This includes all of your contacts, music, movies and apps on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. This makes Spotlight Search one of the best ways to get the most out of your iPad or iPhone, keeping you from searching through page after page for just the right app or going through your music collection for a specific song. Open Spotlight Search Swipe down on any page on your device while not in an app. Be careful not to swipe from the very top of the screen, which will access your notification center. When you swipe down, a search bar will appear at the top of the iPad and the on-screen keyboard will pop up. To search, simply start typing.
Zooming In and Out The iPad will zoom in by placing two fingers on the screen and pinching them together. You can zoom out by placing two fingers on the screen and expanding the distance between them.
Self-Launching Apps There will be situations when you are searching the web and when you click on link (say a YouTube video) the iPad will automatically launch the YouTube App for viewing. Another situation that might occur is app suggestion. This is when the iPad asks if you would like to view the information in an app. This will happen when you are viewing something in the web browser, like Pinterest and Edmodo.